This Is Where We Belong
I never set out to change the world with a camera. I started by following the feeling. The way music moves people. The way it brings strangers together. The way it says what words sometimes cannot. Over the past year, I photographed concerts across Malaysia. Not to document the industry or chase big names, but […]
Flamingos and their habitats
This project offers a glimpse into the world of flamingos—graceful creatures with striking colors that quietly inhabit salt lakes and shallow wetlands. But beyond their beauty, it aims to shed light on the fragile ecosystems they call home, which are rapidly disappearing. The saline and shallow wetlands that flamingos depend on are under serious threat […]
The Line of Least Resistance
This project chronicles a city and its fringes on the cusp of a watershed moment. Most modern Southeast Asian cities aspired to resemble Western cities, visually characterised by skyscraper-dense horizons and superhighways. While Greater Kuala Lumpur is no exception to the rule, it stands out in one remarkable area—it is surrounded by significant tropical rainforests. […]
We Used To Watch The Rivers Go By
The Middle East is the most water-scarce region in the world and has the largest liquid freshwater losses on the planet, according to NASA and the University of California study. This is due to climate change, population growth, and socioeconomic development. We Used to Watch the Rivers Go By is a 4-year writing, photography, and […]
Scar
In the recent 40 years, China amazed the whole world with its rapid industrialization and urbanization. For economic development, China misused the nature as a raw material stock, seeking for everything required freely without limitation, regardless of the broken balance between man and nature. The trap co-plotted by capital and power eventually brought about equally […]
Power of Change
When I caught sight of the mustache and beard that clung to my face, a wave of emotion surged within me, and I thought to myself, “Why must I change my identity just to enjoy a simple right—watching a football match?” In 2018, I completed a project focused on the stories of football-loving girls who, […]
mama
At age 4, my parents divorced. My mother left with a strange man on his motorcycle. Since then, It has been hard to call out “Mom”; instead, I directly call her by her name—Li Aijun. Afterwards, I lived with my father and seldom saw her. The last time we met was in my senior year […]
Alzheimer’s and the family
Alzheimer’s and the Family I grew up in the home of my grandfather, Nasser Mohammed, and was close to him throughout my childhood, receiving from him immense love and warmth. In the final years of his life, we discovered a new kind of closeness we had never experienced before. This photographic series narrates the difficult […]
Bullets have no borders
In the Kurdish regions of Western Iran, the Kurdish term Kolbari (being a porter) is coined to describe transporting goods across the border on shoulders in exchange for a small amount of money. As a result of poverty and high unemployment rates, Kurdish porters strive for a living under harsh environmental conditions, mostly in the […]
Migration and Prayer
Every year, starting in October, black-headed and brown-headed gulls from the cold regions of Siberia embark on a long and arduous journey, flying thousands of kilometers to reach the heart of India. One of their most remarkable stopovers is the Yamuna River in Delhi—a place where nature, faith, and daily life converge in extraordinary harmony. […]